Joy acts like a trampoline, everything that touches it bouncing right back off it.

- Mariella Frostrup

The great advantage of being human is that we can employ rational thought and resolve to change our circumstances.

- Mariella Frostrup

From Mozambique to Chad, South Africa and Liberia, Sierra Leone to Burkina Faso, feminism is the buzzword for a generation of women determined to cha…

- Mariella Frostrup

It's so much easier to count our disadvantages than tot up the mitigating circumstances that generally outweigh the despair.

- Mariella Frostrup

There are more than enough people with serious mental issues who really do need professional help without all the other Toms, Dicks and Harriets rush…

- Mariella Frostrup

Every friendship goes through ups and downs. Dysfunctional patterns set in, external situations cause internal friction, you grow apart and then boun…

- Mariella Frostrup

Having lived a full and stimulating life before I had my kids, I've relished every minute I've had to spend with them and felt a degree of confidence…

- Mariella Frostrup

I wasn't allowed to be clever when I was young and blonde, but now I am 50 and an old blonde, I am allowed to have gravitas. With wrinkles comes wisd…

- Mariella Frostrup

In romance we feel the need to zoom in and expound on our partner's foibles in intimate detail; in friendship we tend to do the opposite, avoiding co…

- Mariella Frostrup